SUGGESTIONS RETURNING IN Q3
Red Deer city council explores changes to backyard suite regulations
Red Deer's city council continued to explore ways to manage the housing landscape and development in the city during its regular meeting on Apr. 22. First, council heard a progress report on Phase One of the Zoning Bylaw project, which wrapped up in May of 2024. This first phase included a full rewrite of the residenti...
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Begins Saturday
Peterman to compete for Canada at 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Former Red Deerian Jocelyn Peterman and her husband Brett Gallant will represent Canada at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.The pair, who now call Chestermere, Alta. home, will compete against the world's best at Willie O'Ree Place in Fredericton, N.B. beginning on Saturday.Their first matchup will be ...
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May 31
CAPCC to host third annual Ladies Afternoon Tea in benefit of The Aerie
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SUGGESTIONS RETURNING IN Q3
Red Deer city council explores changes to backyard suite regulations
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multi-vehicle collision
Maskwacis woman sadly killed in crash northeast of Edmonton
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Red Deer and Area
May 31
CAPCC to host third annual Ladies Afternoon Tea in benefit of The Aerie
The Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre will host its third annual Ladies Afternoon Tea next month.On May 31, guests are invited to the CrossRoads Church Chapel in Red Deer from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. where they'll not only drink tea, but enjoy pastries to help raise money for the Pregnancy Care Centre's maternity home, T...
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SUGGESTIONS RETURNING IN Q3
Red Deer city council explores changes to backyard suite regulations
Red Deer's city council continued to explore ways to manage the housing landscape and development in the city during its regular meeting on Apr. 22. First, council heard a progress report on Phase One of the Zoning Bylaw project, which wrapped up in May of 2024. This first phase included a full rewrite of the residenti...
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multi-vehicle collision
Maskwacis woman sadly killed in crash northeast of Edmonton
One person from Maskwacis has sadly died in a car crash near Ashmont, Alberta, northeast of Edmonton.It was just after 8 a.m. on April 23 when St. Paul RCMP responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision between two trucks near the intersection of Highway 28 and Highway 36.When police arrived, one woman, 40-years-old...
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August 2024 Incident
One of two sentenced in Red Deer break and enter
One of two people charged in relation to a Red Deer break and enter last summer has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail. Jeremy Sanderson-Hayward, 37, of Red Deer, was sentenced in Red Deer Court of Justice on April 10, 2025. However, he was given credit for 339 days of pre-trial custody, leaving him 1,666 ...
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Federal Election 2025
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Advance voter turnout up 25%, says Elections Canada
Advance polling in Canada's 2025 federal election is now over. Voters technically had until 6 p.m. Tuesday to vote, but had to do so on the final day at an Elections Canada office (not a regular polling station). Voters could also apply today to cast a ballot by mail.Otherwise, voters will have to cast their ballot on ...
Apr 22, 2025
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westerner park
Election meet & greet for Red Deer residents and candidates on April 23
People who live in the federal riding of Red Deer are invited to a meet and greet with election candidates on Wednesday, April 23. The event, hosted by the Red Deer District Chamber, runs from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Marquis Room at the Harvest Centre at Westerner Park. Per the Chamber: This event is intended to provide ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Election approaching
PPC leader Maxime Bernier to hold reform discussion in Red Deer
The leader of the People's Party of Canada (PPC), Maxime Bernier, will be in Red Deer on Wednesday evening.Joined by Kyla Courte, the PPC candidate for the Red Deer riding in the upcoming federal election, they'll be discussing reform on April 16 and the public is welcome to attend.It's also an opportunity to learn wha...
Apr 15, 2025
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Alberta
Health
Alberta reports 29 new cases of measles, bringing total to 118
Health officials in Alberta are reporting 29 new cases of measles, bringing the province's total to 118 since early March.The government says many of the new cases are in Alberta's south and central zones, seven are in the north and one is in Edmonton.Alberta Health Services says people may have been exposed to the hig...
Apr 22, 2025
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unofficial results
Advance voter turnout up 25%, says Elections Canada
Advance polling in Canada's 2025 federal election is now over. Voters technically had until 6 p.m. Tuesday to vote, but had to do so on the final day at an Elections Canada office (not a regular polling station). Voters could also apply today to cast a ballot by mail.Otherwise, voters will have to cast their ballot on ...
Apr 22, 2025
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Students across Canada to participate in mock federal vote
Young Canadians will get their first opportunity to participate in an election.CIVIX has partnered with Elections Canada to hold the Student Vote for the 2025 federal election.CIVIX CEO Lindsay Mazzucco says the mock vote is designed to introduce students to politics and foster a habit of democratic participation.Stude...
Apr 22, 2025
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Provincial Politics
Alberta's request to question fired health executive over confidential emails granted
A judge has granted Alberta's government its request to question the former head of the provincial health authority about confidential emails she is accused of keeping and sharing without permission.It's the latest development in a high-profile lawsuit launched by Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former chief executive of Al...
Apr 21, 2025
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Local Sports
Begins Saturday
Peterman to compete for Canada at 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Former Red Deerian Jocelyn Peterman and her husband Brett Gallant will represent Canada at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.The pair, who now call Chestermere, Alta. home, will compete against the world's best at Willie O'Ree Place in Fredericton, N.B. beginning on Saturday.Their first matchup will be ...
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Fans can join 'Oil Country' on team bus to games 3 & 4
The Edmonton Oilers are inviting fans to take a bus from Red Deer and other municipalities to see games three and four against the Los Angeles Kings, April 25 and 27.The Kings currently lead the Oilers 1-0 in the opening round series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.Game 2 goes Wednesday in L.A.The fan buses include round t...
Apr 22, 2025
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American born
Rebels pick up forward Zane Torre in trade with Thunderbirds
The Red Deer Rebels announced on Tuesday they completed a trade with the Seattle Thunderbirds.The Rebels picked up forward Zane Torre from the club and in return sent a fourth-round pick at the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft, which originally belong to Everett, and a conditional fourth-round pick at the 2028 WHL Prospects Dr...
Apr 22, 2025
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Canada
Canada caught up in China-U.S. trade war as Trump claims fentanyl continues to flow
WASHINGTON - Pulling Canada into his trade war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump claims Chinese fentanyl continues to "pour" across both borders. Trump complained on social media today about Chinese airlines refusing to accept Boeing planes to protest his administration's massive tariffs on China. In hi...
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CP NewsAlert: Guilty pleas in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
CALGARY - A commercial kitchen company in Calgary has pleaded guilty to four charges after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the outbreak that started in September 2023. There were least 448 infections, and 39 children and one a...
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Court hears legal arguments in former world junior hockey players' sex assault case
LONDON - A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments today in the sex assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an addition...
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Montreal buses remove 'Go! Canadiens Go!' after complaint to language watchdog
MONTREAL - City buses in Montreal have dropped the expression "Go! Canadiens Go!" following a complaint to Quebec's language watchdog. Montreal's transit agency says it is now using the French expression "Allez! Canadiens Allez!" to show support for the Montreal Canadiens' NHL playoff run, because t...
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Government receives fourth extension to fix unconstitutional 'Lost Canadians' issue
OTTAWA - The federal government has received a fourth extension to pass legislation to grant citizenship to "Lost Canadians" after the existing law was ruled unconstitutional. "Lost Canadians" is a term applied to people who were born outside of the country to Canadian parents who were also born in ...
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Man shot by police at Toronto's Pearson Airport, police say no known threat to public
TORONTO - Officials say police shot a man at Toronto's Pearson International Airport this morning. Peel Regional Police say a man was shot in a "police-involved shooting" at Terminal 1 and the officer was not injured. The Special Investigations Unit, a watchdog that investigates when injuries and deaths invol...
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World
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's push to end DEI in K-12 public schools
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's guidance forbidding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in K-12 public schools. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union, which accused the Republi...
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Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to 'sanctuary' cities that limit immigration cooperation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to "sanctuary" jurisdictions. U.S. Judge William Orrick said a preliminary injunction was appropriate because the executive orders were unconstitutional just as ...
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Illinois man gets life sentence after admitting to deadly shooting at 2022 July Fourth parade
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - The suburban Chicago man who admitted to fatally shooting seven people and wounding dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti handed down the sentence after emotional testim...
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